[84134] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: level3.net in Chicago - high packet loss?!?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Altman)
Tue Sep 6 13:11:56 2005
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 12:09:46 -0500
From: Scott Altman <staltman@gmail.com>
To: Alexander Koch <koch@tiscali.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20050906151656.GA9119@shekinah.ip.tiscali.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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Apparently it's just you.=20
Nice job on taking an on-topic discussion and then flaming the original=20
poster who (based on my personal subjective read of the responses) was=20
geninuinely asking for assistance and appears to have gleaned some value=20
from this thread and got her client's service restored. Consider the value=
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of your post prior to doing it.
For those asking me to do the same, the value is to bring more attention to=
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the lack of moderated influence on nanog. While recognizing it is nobody's=
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full-time job to baby-sit this forum, I find that posts from the steering=
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committee are generall heeded. Further, attacking those looking for help in=
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no way aides the network community as a whole and you present yourself as=
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elitist. People may be misguided and may be off topic, but helping them get=
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where they are trying to go is our job in many levels.=20
My apologies for providing troll food.
- Scott
On 9/6/05, Alexander Koch <koch@tiscali.net> wrote:
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> Oh, yes. Is it just me, or did this read as: "Bah! But I was
> right anyway, all you suckers!"
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> Go on, amuse the crowd.
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> Alexander
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<br>Apparently it's just you. <br>
<br>
Nice job on taking an on-topic discussion and then flaming the original
poster who (based on my personal subjective read of the responses) was
geninuinely asking for assistance and appears to have gleaned some
value from this thread and got her client's service restored.
Consider the value of your post prior to doing it.<br>
<br>
For those asking me to do the same, the value is to bring more
attention to the lack of moderated influence on nanog. While
recognizing it is nobody's full-time job to baby-sit this forum, I find
that posts from the steering committee are generall heeded.
Further, attacking those looking for help in no way aides the network
community as a whole and you present yourself as elitist. People
may be misguided and may be off topic, but helping them get where they
are trying to go is our job in many levels. <br>
<br>
My apologies for providing troll food.<br>
<br>
- Scott<br>
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<br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 9/6/05, <b class=3D"gmail_sendernam=
e">Alexander Koch</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:koch@tiscali.net">koch@tiscali.=
net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"border-=
left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left=
: 1ex;">
<br>Oh, yes. Is it just me, or did this read as: "Bah! But I was<br>ri=
ght anyway, all you suckers!"<br><br>?<br><br>Go on, amuse the crowd.<=
br><br>Alexander<br><br></blockquote></div><br>
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